Cécile Wendling
Biography
Cécile Wendling is a futurist and a strategist, passionate about identifying trends and weak signals to help leaders decide under uncertainties. She has more than 15 years of experience in the field: She has worked for Futuribles, a Paris based foresight think tank and then by AXA as Group Head of Foresight and Group Head of Security Strategy.
She is a social scientist with a focus on sociology of risks and crises and currently associate researcher at Centre de sociologie des organisations (CNRS-Sciences po Paris) in the crisis lab: https://www.sciencespo.fr/crisis-lab/en/
She teaches at Sciences po Paris, La Sorbonne, HEC Executive education, INSP, among others. Lectures in French and in English: foresight methods, sociology of risk, digital transformation of the firm, non-financial risks, among others.
She regularly speaks in high level conferences, contributes in boards or high level expert groups to help bring the long term view on complex topics (emerging technologies, evolution of the security landscape, etc)
Civil expert in crisis management exercises (NATO CRR-FR) and reservist.
Award: digital women of the year 2018 / Argus de l’Assurance
Associate Researcher, Crisis Lab, Centre de sociologie des organisation, Sciences Po; and Managing Director Pan-or-amiques. Former Group Head of Foresight and Group Head of Security Strategy, Axa.